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# Face Recognition

## Best Practices(Face Biometrics)

Here are some of the best practices to get the absolute best from myidentitypay services

**A few rules for uploading selfie images**

* We suggest maximum resolution of 640x480, and maximum file size of 150 kbs
* If images are too big we will shrink them but larger files will take longer to upload
* File types we support are PNG, JPEG

**Tips to taking the perfect selfie**

* You need a good lighting....but avoid bright lights behind you
* It just the face...not too far or too close
* File types we support are PNG, JPEG, and BASE64 String
* Remove anything in the way...including your hands


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